Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jonathan Reckford

Kahlil Gibran was an inspiring author, artist and poet whose works have spoken to millions of people from all backgrounds in dozens of languages around the world. Habitat for Humanity itself seeks to embody many of the ideals Gibran embraced and to be similarly universal in its work to build decent housing with families from all races, religions and languages. We are deeply honored to be recognized by the Arab American Institute Foundation with the Kahlil Gibran Spirit of Humanity Award.

Jim Wilkinson

Josh has served his country with honor and distinction in uniform, and he did a good job, a fantastic job, ... If Sept. 11 taught us anything, it taught us that we simply have to engage more with the Arab media. Josh clearly did a good job of engagement with their media.

Richard Engel

Hamas has long been Israel's enemy, but in the wake of the Arab Spring, the group is empowered like never before.

Queen Rania of Jordan

We need another revolution in the Arab world. We need an education revolution. If there's one thing we need to focus on, it's redesigning our educational systems.

Saudi Arabia

Here there is no difference between Arab and non-Arab, there is no difference between the poor and the rich. We are all equal here,

Mark Bowden

He sees himself as the figure whose name will be revered ... hundreds of years from now in Arab culture and Arab history.

Yuval Steinitz

I think it's a very happy event for the Arab world and for the entire world. Blood-soaked dictators need to know that in the end they can not only be deposed but also brought to trial and maybe executed. The importance I see in this trial is not revenge but deterrence.

Elliott Abrams

It is a keen measure of the fall of American influence in the region when a Palestinian leader responds to intense American pressure to go to the negotiating table by waiting to see if Arab League foreign ministers will let him take that step.

Jalal Talabani

I think that the majority of Iraqi people, including some Arab Sunnis, will vote for 'yes' in the referendum.

Matt Berry

I would've missed the leaves changing. When fall hit, that's when it would have hurt me.

Mark Richt

I would think he is going to roll into the fall as the No. 1 guy. I still haven't seen anything to make me think we shouldn't do that.

Marton Csokas

I would take lots of falls and you know, get shot three or four times and this sort of thing, so all that sort of stuff. And there are tussles with various characters. I like that kind of thing.

Cecelia Ahern

I write about emotions - falling in and out of love, finding what you want to do, no matter where you are or who you are. I think that's why people feel connected.

Author unknown

Just remember...if the world didn't suck, we'd all fall off.

Johnny Damon

Just not hitting with guys in scoring position. It falls to our hitters.

Ernie Whitt

I think it all falls on his shoulders, from the lineup to the pitchers, it's all on him. It's not just Denis, the whole staff (has a tough job). Because of all the rules we have to play by it's the whole staff.

Paul Mendelsohn

I think in the first quarter we'll fall back into the 1210 to 1246 range on the S&P 500.

G. H. Hardy

He didn't fall down on purpose. I made him fall down.

Virginia Woolf

Humor is the first gift to perish in a foreign language.

Lamar S. Smith

I am disappointed that the Senate would increase the number of foreign high-tech workers without including any safeguards for American workers.

Thomas Russo

He has had on occasion specific investments in foreign stocks, but this is different. He doesn't sound like he's making one-off purchases.

Denis MacShane

He never used the phrase 'ethical foreign policy'; instead, he said there should be an 'ethical dimension' to foreign policy.

Vladimir Putin

We should find other platforms, other forums for that [foreign policy], and there are plenty of them, including, for example, the UN and the Security Council.

Napoleon Bonaparte

International incidents should not govern foreign policy, but foreign policy, incidents

Tim Maluga

I generally don't respond to the e-mails I get from foreign players. They're looking for a full-ride and we just don't have that to often. I think that picking foreign players is a lazy way of recruiting.

Phil Klay

In State of the Union addresses, I always look at the foreign policy and military parts first, which are generally pretty minimal.

Enrique Pena Nieto

I plan to open Mexico's energy sector to national and foreign private investment.

Bob Kinniebrew

I would say that every person who is successful in the mortgage and title business, Mel had an influence on.

Curt Schilling

He obviously sat next to me in Washington and lied. I don't know that there's any way to prove that anything he did was not under the influence of performance-enhancing drugs.

Jim Haslam

I don't give so I can have influence over there,

William Wordsworth

Controls them and subdues, transmutes, bereaves Of their bad influence, and their good receives.

Robert Teeter

As the society has gotten larger and more complex, individuals have lost their ability to influence any of the institutions that affect their lives.

Samuel Johnson

The arguments for purity of life fail of their due influence, not because they have been considered and confuted, but because they have been passed over without consideration.

Walt Disney

Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives.

Saul Bellow

... a fellow can't predict what he will pick up in the form of influence.

Vladimir Putin

One thing is clear, everyone, no matter what their professional or material status, no matter what their influence on various state structures, must obey the law.

Brandon Low

It actually motivated me more. It was an intense match already, but that made it even more intense.

James Hong

He's a very intense guy. He needs to be working on something all the time.

Theda Jackson

What we are talking about is really intensely elevating it with the 'My Beach' message.

Dan Phillips

I was kind of joking around with it. I was saying, 'We should be intense runners and shave our legs.' We thought it would be funny. I was the first one to take a swipe.

Yannick Noah

He has just lived through the most intense moments of his life. He is still away in his cosmos.

Sam Altman

You have to be intense. This only comes from the CEO, this only comes from the founders.

Jeb Bush

Please don't go outside until the storm has completely passed because the west side of the storm will be as strong and intense or maybe even worse.

Leonard Orr

I realized that the experiences were so intense for people that they needed to have at least 10 experiences before they got through the drama, the physiological-emotional drama, and could rebirth themselves.

Denise Hakim

I needed to feel like I've done something different for this community. I'm a very intense woman and I'm very competitive. I saved my money and opened (Ma's) without any loans.

O. Henry

I think they'll be keen to have a look, wouldn't they?

Adam Gilchrist

I know he's quite keen to play, so that's what they'll have to work out.

Jonny Wilkinson

I'm keen to get back to life but not to lose memories like that.

Richard Armitage

It's a keen reminder that enough is enough,

Virat Kohli

Never at any point did I feel like missing a training session. I was very keen on improving as a cricketer and as an international player.

Peter Capaldi

What's now shocking is I can't say anything publicly without it having a life. Not because I have extraordinary views but because people are keen on conflict, so they'll make that the story.

Alexandra Adornetto

Teenagers have a natural curiosity and are keen to clock up experiences. What they need to be wary of is that some experiences may erode their sense of self and lead to a fragmentation of morals.

Peter McEvoy

Sarah has worked on the program before, in 1999-2000, and was keen to go to Melbourne, so it was perfect.

Tobias Merath

It would be an inappropriate signal to cut, because they are keen on pointing out they'll do everything to keep markets well supplied, especially after such an incident.

Laurence J. Peter

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

Sylvia Hatchell

Her leadership has also improved. For a sophomore, she has shown a lot of maturity.

Larry Kupczyk

He's a skilled player who has been able to put the puck in the net on a regular basis. Jesse also took more of a leadership role this season and is a very solid player.

Ron Bonjean

He's deferring to the minority leader to appoint members to the committee.

Ken Clarke

I think it sends a message that they (Tories) are looking for a younger leader probably, but I don't think my age was remarkably relevant,

Rep. Bucher

I think the legislative leadership is pretty ripe to take up this issue.

J. J. Johnson

I think (the leaders) are there. It's whether or not they know how to do that yet is what we've got to find. I'm not sure they know who they are yet, so we'll see.

Regina Miller

I think the leader for them is really Thorburn. She doesn't shoot it a lot, but she runs the team.

Mark Latham

What do you want, a leader or a switchboard operator?

Don Breaux

He is so physical without the ball. He does things nobody else in the league does.

Charlie Montoyo

He is more relaxed. When you first come to a new league and start in a hole, it's tough to get out, especially for a young guy. Getting sent down and back up is tough.

Mike Quade

He has the talent to be a quality shortstop at the Major League level.

Alex Auld

He looked strong and that's really how he's been playing all year. That's why he's a top goalie in the league and he showed it.

Travis Hafner

When you get to the big leagues, you need to take potential and turn it into performance. You want to be the guy who got the most out of his ability, not the guy who never fulfilled his potential.

Rex Ryan

I know we'll lead the league in defense.

Willie Mays

Youngsters of Little League can survive undercoaching a lot better than overcoaching.

Woodrow Wilson

A living thing is born.

Tucker Max

I masterbate in the shower. My action figures judge me. Especially the Justice League.

John Proctor

There are similar security measures to those of online banking.

Ariel Sharon

There are no restrictions on the use of any measure in order to strike at the terrorists, ... This phenomenon must be stopped.

Liu Jianchao

I do not think that progress of the talks needs to be measured by the signing of a document.

Zig Ziglar

You measure success by how much good you do for others.

Source Unknown

Physical strength is measured by what we can carry; spiritual by what we can bear.

Mike Babcock

Can you replace anybody? Yes. Can you replace him with the same person? No. His contribution to our team is not just measured in what you see, no question about that.

William Saroyan

If you can measure it, don't. If you can weigh it, it isn't worth the bother. It isn't what you're after. It isn't going to get it.

Dr. Bailes

In many ways, we are in uncharted territory in predicting his recovery. The long-term outlook will be measured in weeks and months and not days.

Alex Swann

The immigration security certificate process is an exceptional measure and it has been used sparingly,

Little Richard

No, I've never truly been a minister.

Margaret Thatcher

Advisers advise, and ministers decide.

Tom Paulin

Teachers are the ministers and priests of culture, its practitioners and its emissaries.

Brian Clough

Resignations are for Prime Ministers and those caught with their trousers down, not for me.

Lord Caradon

Better to make prime ministers out of prisoners than prisoners out of prime ministers.

Alexander Downer

Yeah, well I'm not aspiring to be the Prime Minister.

Thomas Jefferson

Ministers and merchants love nobody.

Thomas Carlyle

Rare benevolence, the minister of God.

Francis Atterbury

The priesthood hath in all nations, and all religions, been held highly venerable.

Nicholas Burns

We are going to ratchet up the pressure step-by-step.

Chuck D.

We try to not put too much pressure on the kids. We treat it like a regular day.

Brian Giles

We've got to put pressure on them, ... They're still three down. I like our chances.

Rick Comley

I think it takes a lot of pressure off of this team.

Retief Goosen

We made the putts at the right time. The pressure was always on them.

Gerald Curtis

He has no agenda, he just has slogans. The pressure to come up with a program of reforms is huge.

Rhianna Pratchett

There's always a lot of pressure with big projects and so as a writer you have to be robust and flexible, with a tough hide.

Robert Staughton Lynd

Friendship is not going to stand the pressure of greatly great guidance for quite extensive.

William Vickrey

The supply-side effect of a restrictive monetary policy is likely to be perverse, in that high interest rates enter into costs and thus exert inflationary pressure.

Jeff Jensen

Keep our water treatment plant, ... Don't go with the regional system.

Richard Aboulafia

It has a big feel in a regional jet.

Lyle Mangum

Region 4 is tough. I think Region 1 is the toughest, but Region 4 is right after. I think our wrestlers have fared well.

Sarah Southern

Our region is crazy. The way it is, we still have a shot to be in first place.

Tony Prentice

In my opinion, this was the toughest region in the state.

Danny Parker

It's not a region game, but it's a big game,

S. Walker

It's really one of the better sites in the region in this time period.

Joel Sawyer

As we would like to appoint someone from every geographical region of the state, with only three appointments, we're not always going to be able to do that.

Edward Lincoln

They think there is a lot more going on in the region than that.

Carlos Mesa

We must create a state that responds to the citizens' needs, and we need citizens who feel committed to their state because that state serves the citizens.

Walton Goggins

I find that I have no problem getting a table at a restaurant when I walk in.

W. Somerset Maugham

I would sooner read a time-table or a catalogue than nothing at all. They are much more entertaining than half the novels that are written.

Henry Ford

We have always found that, if the principles were right, the area over which they were affected did not matter. Size is only a matter of the multiplication table.

Mallory Ortberg

Diapers do not belong on the same table as food.

Malin Akerman

I get horrified when I have to do table reads with the whole cast, because there's a lot of stuttering coming from me, so I have to do a lot of prep.

James Howell

Words and works eat not at one table.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Keep a good table and attend to the ladies.

Alan Simpson

Stonewalling, wiretapping, cover-up, Lord's sake, if there isn't one of us here at this table that hasn't dabbled in that mystery.

Scott Olson

They will turn the tables if they know someone is after them.

Nathan Frohling

We've been waiting 10 years for this moment.

Bob Williams

I think we're still waiting for that to emerge.

Mike Trapasso

I think a lot of (pollsters) are waiting to see what we do this week.

Ann Gard

I was waiting for it. At that time, telegrams were so prominent.

Dr. Tsou

I have been waiting 25 years for this time.

Steve Adams

I don't know what's in it (investigative file). I'm waiting to see.

Ibrahim Gambari

He has said what he wanted and is waiting for a response.

Richard Dawkins

I have no explanation for complex biological design. All I know is that God isn't a good explanation, so we must wait and hope that somebody comes up with a better one.

Richelle Mead

Wait until next time," he warned. "I'll do things that'll make you lose control within seconds.